Is the world getting too structured ?

The business school application process has made me reflect a lot inwardly and think on a broad range of things.

It is this rambling of thought that made me stumble upon this question.
This question is a logical extension to one of my earlier posts where I proved that I wasn't sure who I am because none of the major decisions I made in my life were without some influence of some person/event/thought.

Why do we have to work in an office 8 hours a day ?
Why do I have to study 16 years irrespective of whatever I want to do ?
Can we live in a world where we can live happily without having to work.
Can we explore the possibility of sharing one another's belongings without considering it an invasion of privacy. Can this possibly reduce the divide between the rich and the poor ?
Can governments which guarantee schemes for the poor similarly guarantee that till we all become equal, each rich person will spend a week as a guest in the poorest families in the world ?

..and so on I question and hope that the world will change a lot from how it is now.